Fernandez said he was disappointed with struggles in earlier at-bats. He said he had notched broken-bats hits previously.

“Never like that with a winning hit,” he said of the ball that he lofted over first base.

Viloria, a 17-year-old Colombian catcher who was playing as designated hitter, will be sent to the Dominican Summer League, a move Royals manager Tommy Shields said will alleviate a crowded roster and allow Viloria to play regularly behind the plate.

“It’s really because we have three catchers who need to play,” Shields said. “It just made the most sense to give him more playing time. … To get the tying double like that, I love that for him.”

Fernandez said Viloria can benefit from the change in teams. He liked the way it played out.

“It’s very exciting for him with that at-bat and all the people (cheering),” he said.

Brockett (3-1) entered the game with Burlington holding a 4-3 lead and the bases loaded with Braves in the top of the eighth. League RBI leader Jordan Edgerton stood at the plate.

Brockett notched a strikeout. Tanner Krietemeier followed by slicing an opposite-field single to left field, driving in two runs when Fernandez, the catcher, couldn’t hold the relayed throw as Sean Godfrey scored from second base.

Danville knotted the score at 2-2 in the fifth when, after Edgerton was issued an intentional walk to load the bases with one out, Krietemeier drew a walk.

The Royals dodged more trouble when right fielder Alex Newman made a diving catch of a ball over his head on Tanner Murphy’s two-out drive.

“When you give up 13 hits, you’ve got to have some big defensive plays and we did,” Shields said. “And that was the biggest.”

Newman said he was confident he would make the play.

“I got a good break on the ball. I had no doubt in my mind I was going to catch it,” he said, figuring it’s his top defensive play in two pro seasons. “Just the significance of the catch is what makes it better.”

Brandon Dulin’s RBI single in the bottom of the inning tied the game at 3-3 after Logan Moon set up the threat by singling, stealing second and moving to third on a groundout.

In the next inning, Danville left the bases loaded for the third time, with Yunior Marte striking out Edgerton to quash the threat after three consecutive singles.

Edgerton struck out for only the third and fourth times in 15 games this season.

“We finally got him out,” Shields said. “I don’t think many people have gotten him out.”

Danville’s first run came on Edgerton’s sacrifice fly in the first inning.

Burlington went ahead in the third on Josh Banuelos’ two-run double, which was the Royals’ only hit of the inning.

It was an adventurous outing for Moon, a center fielder who was thrown out at the plate in the first inning as part of a double play. He scored in the third and fifth innings and reached third base in the seventh.